Missing Objects in Persian
... in simple predicates. I provide evidence that such structures involve DP ellipsis. Since only definite objects can be elided, I refer to these constructions as Definite DP (DDP) ellipsis. The paper is structured as follows. In Section 1, I provide diagnostics for distinguishing whether missing objec ...
... in simple predicates. I provide evidence that such structures involve DP ellipsis. Since only definite objects can be elided, I refer to these constructions as Definite DP (DDP) ellipsis. The paper is structured as follows. In Section 1, I provide diagnostics for distinguishing whether missing objec ...
Grades 6–8 - Scholastic
... the TVs in a pyramid. In the city engineer’s eyes, there was nothing carefully done—or shapely— about the stack. In the inspector’s view, it was a pile. ...
... the TVs in a pyramid. In the city engineer’s eyes, there was nothing carefully done—or shapely— about the stack. In the inspector’s view, it was a pile. ...
Chapter 2
... 2Radford (1997) assumes that words carry three sets of grammatical features: head-features (which describe their intrinsic grammatical properties), complement-features (which describe the kind of complements that they take) and specifier-features (which describe the kind of specifier/subject they ca ...
... 2Radford (1997) assumes that words carry three sets of grammatical features: head-features (which describe their intrinsic grammatical properties), complement-features (which describe the kind of complements that they take) and specifier-features (which describe the kind of specifier/subject they ca ...
The Printable KISS Grammar Workbooks
... 9. And now, Sydney, old boy, I want to say a word to YOU about YOUR prospects. 10. "I little thought," said Miss Pross, "that I should ever want to understand your nonsensical language." ...
... 9. And now, Sydney, old boy, I want to say a word to YOU about YOUR prospects. 10. "I little thought," said Miss Pross, "that I should ever want to understand your nonsensical language." ...
Categorial Grammar and the Semantics of Contextual Prepositional
... Since type-raising, viewed as case, can in English as in Latin be regarded as a process of the morpho-lexicon rather than syntax (albeit a much more ambiguous one than in the latter language), and since we do not wish to burden the reader with syntactic notation, or distract them by this categorial ...
... Since type-raising, viewed as case, can in English as in Latin be regarded as a process of the morpho-lexicon rather than syntax (albeit a much more ambiguous one than in the latter language), and since we do not wish to burden the reader with syntactic notation, or distract them by this categorial ...
The Major Functions of the NP
... possibly exercising his or her will, does something to another which significantly affects the other. When two-participant verbs in English meeting this description are in their active form (we will discuss passives later), they always have the acting, ‘Agent’ argument as subject, and the acted-upon ...
... possibly exercising his or her will, does something to another which significantly affects the other. When two-participant verbs in English meeting this description are in their active form (we will discuss passives later), they always have the acting, ‘Agent’ argument as subject, and the acted-upon ...
Tying Ideas Together with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns
... conjunction. If you see such a clause alone without a main clause — for example, weil er seine Stimme verloren hat (because he lost his voice) — you’re left waiting to find out more information. • Relative clause (dependent clause): This type of clause can’t stand on its own even though it has a sen ...
... conjunction. If you see such a clause alone without a main clause — for example, weil er seine Stimme verloren hat (because he lost his voice) — you’re left waiting to find out more information. • Relative clause (dependent clause): This type of clause can’t stand on its own even though it has a sen ...
Canto - Classical Academic Press
... about who is doing the action in the sentence and when that action happens. In Spanish, instead of adding extra words, you show who is doing the action and when the action happens by changing the last few letters (the ending) of a verb. Changing the ending of a verb to show who is doing the action a ...
... about who is doing the action in the sentence and when that action happens. In Spanish, instead of adding extra words, you show who is doing the action and when the action happens by changing the last few letters (the ending) of a verb. Changing the ending of a verb to show who is doing the action a ...
Grace Theological Journal 11.1 (1991) 71
... introduced by "for" (473 times), "because" (224), "since" (26) and a variety of at least 16 other ways, each occurring less than six times. No attempt is made in this study to refine the classification further, no sub-classification will be attempted. One problem of identification needs to be consid ...
... introduced by "for" (473 times), "because" (224), "since" (26) and a variety of at least 16 other ways, each occurring less than six times. No attempt is made in this study to refine the classification further, no sub-classification will be attempted. One problem of identification needs to be consid ...
Accusative subjects in Avestan
... they are motivated by the fact that at the time of composition, the distinction between nominative and accusative was no longer clear. Accusatives in place of nominatives are also mentioned in Reichelt’s grammar (1909: 226). Reichelt refers to Spiegel’s list and adds some examples of his own. Even t ...
... they are motivated by the fact that at the time of composition, the distinction between nominative and accusative was no longer clear. Accusatives in place of nominatives are also mentioned in Reichelt’s grammar (1909: 226). Reichelt refers to Spiegel’s list and adds some examples of his own. Even t ...
gothic word order patterns as attested in the gothic gospel of luke
... In its morphology, Gothic did not differ much from other old Germanic languages. Gothic was a synthetic language: nouns and adjective were subject to inflections; nominal parts of speech had three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and four cases; verbs indicated tense, mood, voice, person and numb ...
... In its morphology, Gothic did not differ much from other old Germanic languages. Gothic was a synthetic language: nouns and adjective were subject to inflections; nominal parts of speech had three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and four cases; verbs indicated tense, mood, voice, person and numb ...
Chapter 3 Distributed Morphology and the Pieces of Inflection Morris
... mar, but rather is distributed among several different components.2 For example, "word formation"—the creation of complex syntactic heads— may take place at any level of grammar through such processes as head movement and adjunction and/or merger of structurally or linearly adjacent heads. The theor ...
... mar, but rather is distributed among several different components.2 For example, "word formation"—the creation of complex syntactic heads— may take place at any level of grammar through such processes as head movement and adjunction and/or merger of structurally or linearly adjacent heads. The theor ...
A grammar of the Somali language with examples in prose
... used by Larajasse in his Dictionary, which leaves little room for improvement or addition. This book is indispensable to the student of Somali, or to anyone who wishes to examine the stories and songs given by Schleicher or myself. ...
... used by Larajasse in his Dictionary, which leaves little room for improvement or addition. This book is indispensable to the student of Somali, or to anyone who wishes to examine the stories and songs given by Schleicher or myself. ...
Covert nominative and dative subjects in Faroese∗
... The example in (1) shows the verb dáma ‘like’, the most common verb alternating between dative and nominative subject in Faroese. Other verbs in this tiny class include leingjast ‘long for’, mangla ‘lack’, nýtast ‘need’ and tørva ‘need’. The variation between dative and nominative is not associated ...
... The example in (1) shows the verb dáma ‘like’, the most common verb alternating between dative and nominative subject in Faroese. Other verbs in this tiny class include leingjast ‘long for’, mangla ‘lack’, nýtast ‘need’ and tørva ‘need’. The variation between dative and nominative is not associated ...
Contents: MyGrammarLab Advanced C1–C2
... I felt frightened when I watched that film. (= I was frightened/experienced fear.) Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rath ...
... I felt frightened when I watched that film. (= I was frightened/experienced fear.) Inanimate objects cannot have feelings so we don’t usually use -ed adjectives about feelings to describe them: ✗ The report into police behaviour during the demonstration was rather worried. ✓ The report was rath ...
Sentence Types - The Syracuse City School District
... The boy runs very slowly. (same sentence, but now I’ve added two adverbs, “very” and “slowly”) The tall boy runs. (same sentence, but now I’ve added the adjective, “tall” Wanting to join a sport’s team, the boy runs for the high school track team. (same sentence, but now I’ve added the participial p ...
... The boy runs very slowly. (same sentence, but now I’ve added two adverbs, “very” and “slowly”) The tall boy runs. (same sentence, but now I’ve added the adjective, “tall” Wanting to join a sport’s team, the boy runs for the high school track team. (same sentence, but now I’ve added the participial p ...
yankton school district 63-3
... Goal Eleven: Students will indicate time in verb usage Supporting Knowledge Students will: 37. conjugate reflexive verbs in the present tense. 38. respond appropriately when asked questions containing these verbs. 39. use written communication with reflexive verbs. 40. learn all the Spanish speaking ...
... Goal Eleven: Students will indicate time in verb usage Supporting Knowledge Students will: 37. conjugate reflexive verbs in the present tense. 38. respond appropriately when asked questions containing these verbs. 39. use written communication with reflexive verbs. 40. learn all the Spanish speaking ...
A Luganda Grammar
... completely inadequate and insufficient, thus the suppression of the native language means great harm to a people’s identity. When describing one’s feelings a foreign language cannot do the same as a native language and if that native language is suppressed even personal development is hindered. When ...
... completely inadequate and insufficient, thus the suppression of the native language means great harm to a people’s identity. When describing one’s feelings a foreign language cannot do the same as a native language and if that native language is suppressed even personal development is hindered. When ...
Sentence Types As you know, in order to form a sentence in English
... As you know, in order to form a sentence in English, you must have two components, a subject and a verb. Needless to say, however, almost all English sentences consist of more than a subject and a verb, and often you will find multiple subjects and verbs in a single sentence. This lesson will help y ...
... As you know, in order to form a sentence in English, you must have two components, a subject and a verb. Needless to say, however, almost all English sentences consist of more than a subject and a verb, and often you will find multiple subjects and verbs in a single sentence. This lesson will help y ...
On `sit`/`stand`/`lie` auxiliation1
... to be marked since even if we remove the postural verb and the conjunction ‘and’ from the above sentences, the interpretation of each of them will still be imperfective. And yet, the example in (4) above — with the bodily posture verb construction as a continuative/durative/progressive marker — is t ...
... to be marked since even if we remove the postural verb and the conjunction ‘and’ from the above sentences, the interpretation of each of them will still be imperfective. And yet, the example in (4) above — with the bodily posture verb construction as a continuative/durative/progressive marker — is t ...
Types of Sentences
... COMPOUND PREDICATE -when more than one verb is linked to the SAME subject 1) Jack fell down and broke his leg. ...
... COMPOUND PREDICATE -when more than one verb is linked to the SAME subject 1) Jack fell down and broke his leg. ...
Agree in the Functional Domain: Evidence from the Morphosyntax of
... value as a result of the operation, e.g., Agree between T and a nominal that has an unvalued case feature is permissible, but Agree between T and a nominal that has already valued its case feature (perhaps via a prior Agree relation with another head or via lexical case-assignment) is not allowed. G ...
... value as a result of the operation, e.g., Agree between T and a nominal that has an unvalued case feature is permissible, but Agree between T and a nominal that has already valued its case feature (perhaps via a prior Agree relation with another head or via lexical case-assignment) is not allowed. G ...
Polysemous agent nominals in Kambaata (Cushitic) - Hal-SHS
... approximately 300 km south-west of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The language has a robust noun-verb distinction and a (sub-)word class of adjectives.1 Kambaata is strictly suffixing and has a rich verbal and nominal morphology. One of its derivational morphemes, the agentive morpheme -aan, pro ...
... approximately 300 km south-west of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The language has a robust noun-verb distinction and a (sub-)word class of adjectives.1 Kambaata is strictly suffixing and has a rich verbal and nominal morphology. One of its derivational morphemes, the agentive morpheme -aan, pro ...
Principal Parts of Verbs
... • To form the future tense, use verbs from the present column (previous slide) with will or shall. • You can use helping verbs with participles to make other tenses. • For the present participle, use forms of the helping verb be (is, are, was, were). For the past participle, use forms of have (have, ...
... • To form the future tense, use verbs from the present column (previous slide) with will or shall. • You can use helping verbs with participles to make other tenses. • For the present participle, use forms of the helping verb be (is, are, was, were). For the past participle, use forms of have (have, ...
Prepositional and Appositive Phrases
... (Think of the phrase as one thing. That one thing has its own part of speech.) • There will NEVER be a subject or verb in a phrase. ...
... (Think of the phrase as one thing. That one thing has its own part of speech.) • There will NEVER be a subject or verb in a phrase. ...